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All workshops will take place on the U of M's Twin Cities West Bank Campus in Wilson Library, Room S30C, Staff Development and Training Hands-On Computer Lab.
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Did you not study in theater or dance as an undergraduate, and now as a library professional you have to do collection development and maintenance? This workshop will familiarize participants with dance and theater studies resources for the purposes of reference, instruction, and collection development. Print and online resources will be explored using a hands-on approach.
Sessions are based on the ARLIS/NA Postcards from the Edge series, with permission of Nedda Ahmed.
Who should attend?: Session is for beginners in the areas of dance and theater research.
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Did you not study in theater or dance as an undergraduate, and now as a library professional you have to do collection development and maintenance? This workshop will familiarize participants with dance and theater studies resources for the purposes of reference, instruction, and collection development. Print and online resources will be explored using a hands-on approach.
Sessions are based on the ARLIS/NA Postcards from the Edge series, with permission of Nedda Ahmed.
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NetLibrary is an eBook collection available to all libraries - and by extension, all citizens - in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The MINITEX NetLibrary eBook collection contains over 11,000 titles covering hundreds of academic, popular, and professional subject and topic areas. Content includes hundreds of titles from Cliffs Notes and the "Complete Idiot's Guides To" series, travel guides, computer programming manuals, and several thousand public domain literary classics.
If you would like to learn more about the MINITEX NetLibrary eBook Collection, register for this 90-minute hands-on workshop. This session will cover what is in the NetLibrary collection and a look at the new interface being introduced January 24, 2004. You will learn how to access and search the collection, create and manage your personal NetLibrary account, and use NetLibrary's "Librarians Tool Kit" to find out information about your library's NetLibrary eBook usage and ideas for collection development.
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This session consists of an overview on effective searching, retrieving and manipulating results of the ELM EBSCOhost resources by utilizing the unique functionality of cited references, subject searching, creating alerts and My Folder. A review of recently implemented and upcoming new features will also be covered.
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Learn and discuss how ELM and other related online resources can be used to support the high school curriculum. Participants will be able to take away a list of practical ideas. Come prepared to discover and share.
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Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) is an online virtual library available at no charge to all residents of Minnesota. It includes magazine, newspaper and journal articles, reference sources, Spanish-language resources, electronic books, and research and homework tools. With the MnLink Gateway, you can search online catalogs of Minnesota public, school, state government and other libraries. Minnesota reflections, a project of the Minnesota Digital Library, is a collection of photographs and digitized documents from libraries, historical societies, and museums across the state, in a searchable database. MINITEX References Services staff will introduce you to these three important library resources.
Who should attend?: Attendees at the TIES Conference.
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This session will give you information on how to navigate the new PowerSearch interface and will review product enhancements. Participants in this training session will:
• Review the general content available in the PowerSearch databases
• Construct and employ efficient search strategies for information retrieval
• Examine navigational and search features of the database interface
• Differentiate between Basic, Person, Subject, and Advanced Search options
• Recognize how to use Email, InfoMarks and Marked Lists as a way to manage and organize information found within the databases
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This session covers the eight Gale databses in ELM. Five of them are aimed specifically at K-12 users and this session will discuss content information with a break down of the databases by age group. It will also cover search functions, database content, tips, tools, and search strategies, as well as a look at the Professional Collection, a resource aimed at teachers and educators.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in learning more about the resources available via ELM.
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Learn and discuss how ELM resources as well as the Minnesota Digital Library's Minnesota Reflections may be mined to locate primary sources for the K-16 curriculum. Participants will be able to take away a list of practical ideas for incorporating these primary sources into the curriculum. Come prepared to discover and share.
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MINITEX Library Information Network staff will provide an overview of available resources, an update on new features and content, a hands-on introduction to searching and suggestions for incorporating these resources into your curriculum. Participants will learn what resources are available, how to access resources and why ELM is better for research than the Internet.
Who should attend?: Attendees at the TIES Conference.
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ProQuest Newsstand Complete, in ELM, offers access to more than 600 newspapers, more than 350 in full text, featuring articles on a wide range of topics from local, regional, national, and international news sources. This hands-on session will review both content and search features of the database. A wide range of search tools will be covered, including ProQuest Smart Search, using the Basic, Advanced, Topics, and Publications tabs, interface behavior and refining searches, and options available in MyResearch such as Alerts, Bibliographies, and Creating Web Pages.
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Learn about the new, jointly sponsored initiative of Minnesota State Library Services, Metronet, and MINITEX Library Information Network, WebJunction Minnesota. A service designed for the Minnesota library community, WebJunction Minnesota provides resources to help get the job
done, free online courses, and national and local discussion forums. Join MINITEX Reference Librarian and WebJunction Minnesota Planning Team
member, Jennifer Hootman, on a tour of this new resource for library
staff.
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